Fall Arts Preview: Folk

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Folk Central gears up for fall: This area remains a haven for the acoustic set

Folk Central gears up for fall: This area remains a haven for the acoustic set

Between Boston and Cambridge, this neck of the woods has, for decades, been known as the epicenter of the American folk music scene. In the warm months, you can still find singer-songwriters out on every other street corner. But in the fall, things really gear up at the clubs, coffeehouses and festivals. Here are some of the season’s highlights.

Club Passim, formerly Club 47, has always been the little room that could, with performers from all over the folk spectrum gracing its intimate stage. The Cambridge club is busy almost every night. Here’s a sampling of who’s coming.

The food’s as tasty as the eclectic music at Johnny D’s Uptown in Somerville. Stop by for a bite and these acts. Monster Mike Welch (Sept. 14); Ukulele Noir (Sept. 25); Johnny Irion Band (Sept. 27); Tarbox Ramblers (Sept. 28); Paul Geremia (Oct. 9); Beausoleil (Oct. 17); Geoff Muldaur (Oct. 30). A full schedule is available on the Web site. Call 617-776-9667 or visit www.johnnyds.com

The Nameless Coffeehouse continues to offer some of the finest traditional folk music that passes through Cambridge on the first Saturday of each month. Andrew Burri, Patti DeRosa, Terry Kitchen, and Eric & Mia, with Ari Friedman (Sept. 8); Hardtimes Bluegrass Band, Patty Keough, Casey Abrams (Oct. 6); PJ Shapiro, Alan Kaufman and Suz Slezak, John Lincoln Wright and the Sourmash Boys (Nov. 3). A full schedule is available on the Web site. Call 617-864-1630 or visit www.namelesscoffeehouse.org.

The Boston Folk Festival, at UMass Boston, runs this year on Sept. 15 and 16. The opening night show featuresperformances by songwriting contest finalists. The following day consists of a series of highlights from an variety of well known local names, including Vance Gilbert, Ellis Paul, Jess Klein, Bill Morrissey, Bill Staines, Jake Armerding, Mark Erelli, Lori McKenna, Catie Curtis, Patty Larkin, Erin McKeown, Chris Smither, Pine Hill Ramblers,

The Mass Bluegrass Jamboree takes place at the Maple Park Campground in East Wareham, running from Sept. 14-16, and featuring performances by Back Eddy Bluegrass, Buddy Merriam and Back Roads, Crabgrass, Dan Helman and Marking Time, David Davis and the Warrior River Boys, Harvest Band, The Hunger Mountain Boys, Jaded Mandolin, Mahogany Ridge, No Spare Parts, The Old Time Bluegrass Singers, The Pine Hill Ramblers, Southern Rail, and Three Tall Pines, For more information call 508-866-1028 or visit www.massbluegrass.org.

The Folk Song Society of Greater Boston holds concerts at different church venues in Watertown. Here are some of the upcoming events. Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwartz (Sept. 29); Craig, Morgan, Robinson (Oct. 13); Finest Kind (Nov. 3). For a complete schedule, visit www.fssgb.org.

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